عربي

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See also: عربی‎, عربى‎, غربی, and غربي

Arabic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَرَب(ʕarab, Arabs) +‎ ـِيّ(-iyy).

Alternative forms[edit]

  • عربى(ʕarabī) (Nile Valley, traditional spelling)

Adjective[edit]

عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy) (feminine عَرَبِيَّة(ʕarabiyya), masculine plural عَرَب(ʕarab), feminine plural عَرَبِيَّات(ʕarabiyyāt))

  1. Arab
  2. Arabic
    اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة‎ ― al-luḡa l-ʕarabiyyathe Arabic language
  3. Arabian
Declension[edit]
Antonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyym, plural عَرَب(ʕarab), feminine عَرَبِيَّة(ʕarabiyya)

  1. Arab
  2. (colloquial) Arabic (language)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Maltese: Għarbi
  • Moroccan Arabic: عربي(ʕarbi)
  • Persian: عربی('arabi)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अरबी (arabī)
    Urdu: عربی('arabī)

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَرِّبِي (ʕarribī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of عَرَّبَ(ʕarraba)

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “عرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ(ʕarabiyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.bi/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

عربي (ʕarbi) (feminine عربية(ʕarbiyya), common plural عرب(ʕrab), feminine plural عربيات(ʕarbiyyāt))

  1. Arab

Noun[edit]

عربي (ʕarbim (plural عرب(ʕrab), feminine عربية(ʕarbiyya))

  1. Arab (person)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ر ب
4 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ(ʕarabiyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ra.bi/, [ˈʕɑ.rˤɑ.bi]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

عربي (ʕarabi) (feminine عربيّة(ʕarabiyye), common plural عرب(ʕarab))

  1. Arab, Arabic

Noun[edit]

عربي (ʕarabim (plural عرب(ʕarab), feminine عربيّة(ʕarabiyye))

  1. Arab
  2. Arabic

Tunisian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ(ʕarabiyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

عربي (ʕarbi)

  1. traditional; homemade; not industrialized; local
    Antonym: سوري(sūri)
  2. Arab
  3. Arabic language

Noun[edit]

عربي (ʕarbim

  1. Arab (person)